La Sanità Militare e il Servizio Neuro-psichiatrico dell’Esercito italiano nella Grande Guerra,
The Military Health and the Neuropsychiatric Services in the Italian Army during the Great War.

Summary/Abstract: The First World War is a defining moment for the history of the 20th century. The conflict quickly became a sort of immense entrenched camp where the terrible features of the war were to worsen, reaching an absolute condition in which they absorbed all the energies and human resources of the belligerents. The situation on the field then caused a process of adaptation of all the logistics to sustain the troops at the front. Another interesting aspect of the war was the new approach to the soldier, his moral became important as well as the safety of his mind. For the first time in the history we see a whole ensemble of theories on the impact of war on the human psyche while creating a complex medical apparatus for the soldiers. In the rear of the front, a complex structure is created, to support to the sick and wounded, while the study of psychiatry develop quickly.

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